Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-07-26

 Top North Korean leader meets Chinese vice¹-president

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Chinese vice-President Li Yuanchao.

Li is in Pyongyang to attend this weekend's ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice² which brought the fighting to an end in the Korean War.

As part of their meeting, Li Yuanchao says the anniversary Saturday marks an opportunity to remember those from both China and North Korea who lost their lives to defend their homelands.

He goes on to say the relationship between China and North Korea is entering a new period which is - quote - "built on the past and prepared for the future."

The armistace which ended the fighting in the Korean war was signed on July 27th, 1953.

 

GSK to appoint new head for China operation

GlaxoSmithKline has appointed a new General Manager here in China.

Herve Gisserot has been the senior vice president for Europe.

He's taking over as the General Manager from Mark Reilly.

Reilly had been in charge of GSK's operations during the current bribery⁴ scandal which has gripped its Chinese subsiduary.

The Ministry⁵ of Public Security alleges⁶ GlaxoSmithKlein funneled⁷ billions of yuan through travel agencies here in China to bribe³ doctors and officials to help increase sales.

Mark Reilly is expected to return here to China to be questioned in connection with the investigation⁸.

 

UN chief Ban Ki-moon says over 100,000 people killed in Syria

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says the number of people killed in the Syrian conflict has now surpassed 100-thousand.

The latest estimate is 7-thousand people higher than the figure issued by the UN only a month ago.

Ban Ki-moon has issued the statement at UN headquarters in New York alongside US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Both are stressing the urgency of finding a political solution to the conflict.

 

Spanish PM declares three days of mourning for train crash victims

Spain's Prime Minister has declared 3-days of mourning following Wednesday's deadly train crash in the country's northwest.

Mariano Rajoy, who hails from the region where the accident took place, took time to visit the site.

The death toll⁹ from Wednesday evening's train crash now stands at 80.

95-others have been hospitalized, with 35 of them said to be in critical condition.

Initial indications are the train took a sharp curve just outside the city of Santiago de Composetela at around 180-kilometers per hour.

The maximum speed for the corner is listed at 80.

 

Egyptian army gives 48 hours for Islamist to join "national rank"

The Egyptian military has issued a new ultimatum¹⁰ to Islamists in the country.

In an ominous¹¹ statement, the Egyptian military has given a - quote - "last chance" for supporters of ousted¹² President Mohamed Morsi 48-hours to join the national ranks.

Otherwise, the Egyptian military says it will adopt a new strategy to deal with, what it calls, "black terrorism."

The statement follows a call by the country's military chief and defense¹³ minister for supporters of the military to hold a mass rally this Friday in support of the military.

Supporters of Morsi have condemned¹⁴ the comments by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as call for civil war.

 

Moscow says no Snowden extradition¹⁵ request from U.S.

The Russian government says it has not recieved an extradition request from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

But at the same time, the Russian side does say it's recieved a letter from US Attorney General Eric Holder¹⁶, explaining the US position on Snowden.

The US ambassador to Russia says while the US government hasn't filed a formal extradition request, it does want Snowden returned to the United States to stand trial.

Snowden remains¹⁷ in limbo¹⁸ in the international transit¹⁹ lounge at Moscow's main airport.

The 30-year old has been stuck there for around a month, as the US has revoked²⁰ his passport.

Snowden has applied²¹ for asylum²² in Russia.

The status of that appeal remains up-in-the-air.

 

Plane skids²³ off runway in NW China

No injuries have been reported after an airliner²⁴ skidded²⁵ off the runway during a landing last night in Xi'an.

The Tianjin Airlines flight veered²⁶ off the runway while landing shortly after 6:30 in the evening.

One of the plane's tires burst as part of the botched landing.

Airport officials in Xi'an say the pilot's vision was hampered²⁷ by a sudden downpour.

Much of Shaanxi has been innondated by heavy rains through the course of this week.

 

14 dead in NW China rainstorm

14-people are dead and one remains missing in Shaanxi after torrential downpours caused numerous houses to collapse²⁸.

The downpours have cut off roads and caused in several rivers to spill over their banks in the city of Yan'an.

Officials are estimating economic losses of some 1.8-billion yuan.

 

Number of overseas Chinese students expected to reach 500,000

The number of overseas Chinese students this year is expected to increase by around 20-percent.

This would put the number at around 500-thousand.

Last year around 17-percent of Chinese graduates decided²⁹ to study overseas.

The same analysis also suggests that over 90-percent of the Chinese students studying abroad last year were self-funded.

 

Amazon reports unexpected losses

US online retail³⁰ giant Amazon is reporting unexpected losses through its latest quarter.

The Seattle-based company is reporting a net loss of 7-million US dollars through Q2.

This represents a 2-cent a share loss.

Most analyists had been anticipating Amazon was going to report a profit of around 6-cents a share.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 armistice   

n.休战，停战协定

参考例句：

• The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
• The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。

3 bribe   

n.贿赂；v.向…行贿，买通

参考例句：

• He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
• He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。

4 bribery   

n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿

参考例句：

• FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
• He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 alleges   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
• Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

7 funneled   

漏斗状的

参考例句：

• The crowd funneled through the hall. 群众从走廊中鱼贯而过。
• The large crowd funneled out of the gates after the football match. 足球赛后大群人从各个门中涌出。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

9 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

10 ultimatum   

n.最后通牒

参考例句：

• This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
• The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.内阁今天开会商量如何应对这道最后通牒。

11 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

12 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

13 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

14 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

15 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

16 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

17 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

18 limbo   

n.地狱的边缘；监狱

参考例句：

• His life seemed stuck in limbo and he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。
• I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead.I felt as if I was in limbo.我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。

19 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

20 revoked   

adj.[法]取消的v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。 来自辞典例句
• A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。 来自辞典例句

21 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

22 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

23 skids   

n.滑向一侧( skid的名词复数 )；滑道；滚道；制轮器v.（通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的第三人称单数 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区

参考例句：

• The aging football player was playing on the skids. 那个上了年纪的足球运动员很明显地在走下坡路。 来自辞典例句
• It's a shame that he hit the skids. 很遗憾他消沉了。 来自辞典例句

24 airliner   

n.客机，班机

参考例句：

• The pilot landed the airliner safely.驾驶员使客机安全着陆。
• The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道去上飞机。

25 skidded   

v.（通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区

参考例句：

• The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。
• The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。

26 veered   

v.（尤指交通工具）改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 )；（指谈话内容、人的行为或观点）突然改变；（指风） （在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向）逐渐转向；风向顺时针转

参考例句：

• The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road. 公共汽车突然驶入了逆行道。
• The truck veered off the road and crashed into a tree. 卡车突然驶离公路撞上了一棵树。 来自《简明英汉词典》

27 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

28 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

29 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

30 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。